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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1876
Page
6
Wyoming Weekly Leader notes four days until the election and anticipates the Centennial shutout on the 10th. Wagging anecdotes recall a moonlit tramp, mining stock talk, naive postal humor, and a Cheyenne resident’s complaint about public support at the post office.
A long Cheyenne column reports a pious dog, vandalism at houses, altercations over a patched cannon ball, and local comic verse. It notes May events, soldiers returning from the front, a smallpox death in Ogden, and stalled mail services from the Red Cloud delegation.
In this city on Nov 4, by Reverend W S Warren Private Charles Kreyser of the Third Cavalry married Miss Mary J Ellison of Cheyenne.
In Centre Wisconsin on October 30 1900 John Wallihan elder uncle of the city editor of this paper died. A pioneer settler in Wisconsin about 1850 he contributed to the early growth of the West. The notice notes his death and honors his character. The Deadwood Black Hills Pioneer reports a Dakota boundary survey placing the line 23 miles west of Deadwood clarifying territorial boundaries for Lawrence County.
The article lists statewide victory margins for Colorado offices. Governor 838, Lieutenant Governor 1 098, Secretary of State 1 739, Auditor 822, Treasurer 728, Attorney General 547, Superintendent of Public Instruction 1 831.
Report from Camp Stambaugh describes a Shoshone village of fifty lodges attacked October 30 by a Sioux force estimated at 1200 lodges near Painted Rock. Only one Shoshone, Humpy, escaped. Crook’s Powder River Expedition, about 2000 troops and Indian allies, is positioned to move from Fort Esort Laramis Monday, aiming to end the northern Sioux war. Separately, a Fremont Nebraska wreck killed several with engineer W H Duncan surviving after leaping from the locomotive.
The county clerk Stimpson formalized a marriage between Charles Kreuser, a soldier, and Ellison, a girl not yet fifteen. The bride’s mother opposed then consented after intervention. The note ends with a humorous aside on love poetry and a month’s school roll listing many students.
A gentlemanly ticket agent admires a woman at his window while she buys a ticket to Laramie. She speaks to her child as a three year old tugs at her dress, revealing the agent’s blushing error and leaving him speechless.
The city mourns as Deputy County Clerk George Be Yonker dies after mountain fever. He fell ill at a hotel and was moved home for care but succumbed yesterday. Yonker was known for his gentleness and generosity, beloved by Cheyenne friends.
The winter garrison list includes Camp Sheridan M Company 3d cavalry Robinson Red Cloud and other detachments in the Big Horn expedition plus accompanying infantry and cavalry units. Sheridan Robinson Sidney McPherson Laramie garrisons receive field orders via Fetterman Atlanta aide.
Major Caleb I Carlton commands Third cavalry to proceed from Fort D A Russell to Fort Fetterman. Desertion charge against private Thomas Myers is withdrawn and he will be returned to duty. Lt Henry R Lemly granted one month leave, may extend one more. Lt Frank A Robinson relieved from duty and returns to Fort Sanders. Surgeon B A Clements to rejoin at Fort Sanders. Acting Assistant Surgeon Holt to Medicine Bow. Major Simeon Smith to pay troops at Sidney Bridge, Cheyenne depot, and Fort D A Russell. Major Stanton relieved of payment duties.
A prominent citizen, en route to business, banters with friends who note drastic weight loss. He discovers he has shed 75 pounds of Wyoming soil after a bath and vows never to repeat the ruse.
Earnest K. L. Scott, 19, of Scotland and Oxford education, traveled to America with wealth on his side. He joined the Fifth Cavalry then settled in Kansas and grew fond of adventures. After neuralgia led him to chloroform, he repeatedly used the drug and died by self-administered chloroform, with an inquest verdict that death resulted from his own voluntary action without intent to kill himself.
Gay and Scott report over 400 per day from No 4 above discovery while Pierce and Co. at Deadwood Gulch claim No 8 show similar yields. Drifting begins on claim No 5, total sluicing about 500 in two days. Cape Horn District bets pay, with maps of Black Hills nearly complete and road works advancing toward Running Water.
Handy Andy recalls Baldy’s attempt to use a Metropolitan hotel dinner ticket after every punch hole had ruined it. Baldy feasts on oysters trout turkey chicken and desserts, then confronts the punched clerk and owner George, ending with a sly wink and a remark about slippers.
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